In the update, Epic also announced that this week, the SMG will be removed from the game. It’s a bit of weird move to take away something players have learned to enjoy and master, but it’s all going according to plan.

In a Reddit post, the developer explained that the concept of “vaulting” doesn’t just apply to the SMG. Any weapon could potentially be removed and later re-added as Epic sees fit. Fortnite players will have to get used to seeing weapons come and go based on the changing meta.

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This also applies to other items like consumables, or really anything players can use in a match. As more items get added, many will inevitably get vaulted and later un-valuted.

In other Fortnite Battle Royale news, the game recently hit 3.4 million concurrent players, which created server problems for Epic the moment it happened and caused stability issues.

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